Jayfeathers Room of Lightning
Chapter 13
Does that make me crazy
Does that make me crazy
Does that make me crazy
Possibly
"Good morning Kit."
Kit snapped her head around to see who had spoken to her. She breathed a sigh of relief. It was just Gray.
"Morning," she sighed.
"You sound tired," Gray commented. "Late night?"
"Hardly," Kit scoffed. "I just had a hard time sleeping."
"Ah, I see," Gray dismissed the conversation, he had already lost interest. "So, have you had a chance to speak to Osl yet? He was looking for you."
"No, I just got here," Kit snapped. "Did you not notice me walk through the front door not even three seconds ago?"
Gray raised an eyebrow, but didn't look up from his newspaper. Kits heart stopped beating for a second. "Why?" she asked. "Is there a problem?"
"No, no problem,? Gray muttered absentmindedly. "He just mentioned yesterday that you forgot to write up your report on Jayfeathers progress."
"Fuck," Kit swore. "I completely forgot."
"I figured," Gray looked up at her as he spoke this time. "Any particular reason why?"
Kit was started to get paranoid that Osl had somehow found out she kissed Jayfeather yesterday. That would mean she would be terminated from her job immediately. Kissing the mental patients was so against the rules.
"No reason," Kit shrugged, trying to act natural. "I just had a lot on my mind."
"Oh," Gray mumbled, lost in his newspaper again. "Okay."
Kit rolled her eyes and walked away to the direction of the crew room. She needed a cup of coffee, now. She opened the door, yawning and scratching the back of her neck.
Osl sat there, glaring.
Kit choked on her yawn and stumbled a bit. "You startled me," she said.
"Clearly," Osl snapped. "I wanted to talk to you."
"What about?" Kit asked, nonchalant as she poured a cup of crappy coffee.
"Jayfeather."
Kit sloshed the coffee a bit. It burned her hands.
"What about him?" Kit mumbled.
"I did not receive a report from you yesterday."
"I know, I already spoke to Gray about that," Kit answered. "I'm really sorry. I'll make sure to write one today."
"No need," Osl said briskly. "I'll be taking the case on myself. You're excused."
"Excused?" Kit asked, voice going very high. "Excused from what?"
"Jayfeathers recovery."
"What's that mean?" Kit cried. "I can't help you anymore?"
"I thought about it a lot overnight," Osl said coldly. "I don't think you're ready to handle such a disturbed patient."
"He's not disturbed!" Kit all but screamed. Osl turned to look at her, glaring.
"Sorry for yelling," Kit whispered. "But you have to know, he spoke to me."
Before sticking his tongue down my throat.
"What did he say?" Osl asked, appalled.
"Um," Kit stammered. "He just said he missed Lionblaze, and Half Moon. Which is a person by the way," she added after a moments hesitation.
"I see," Osl scratched his chin. "Did anything else happen?"
I pulled his hair and he pulled mine.
"No," Kit lied. "He mumbled about his friends for a few seconds and then shut his eyes and then I think he went to sleep."
Osl thought this over. "If there's not a report on my desk tonight, I'm taking over." And then he left the room. It took a few seconds for Kit to register what had just happened. Then she started grinning uncontrollably.
She still had the Jayfeather project.
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"Hello, Jayfeather."
Jayfeather opened his eyes into slits to see who had spoken. He promptly shut them again as he realized it was Dr. Osl, standing next to Dr. Gray. Osl was smiling, holding a needle.
"It's time for your medications," Osl almost laughed out the words.
Why the shit is he giving me a needle?
As Osl moved forward, Jayfeather opened his eyes to glare at him. Osl opened his eyes in mock shock. "Oh, somebody looks mad."
Jayfeather didn't respond.
Osl started to walk forward again, and thrust the needle outward.
Jayfeather tried to tear his arm away, but the chains held him back.
Osl stabbed the needle into his arm.
Jayfeathers eyes rolled back in his head and he fell backwards.
Osl laughed.
Gray didn't say a word.